Mindfulness for Teens
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Dr. Vo has been practicing mindfulness regularly since 1999, and has experienced the transformational power of mindfulness practice firsthand. Dr. Vo has also been deeply inspired by the pioneers of the mindfulness movement in the West. he hopes to share the benefits of mindfulness to diverse youth in a universal, secular way that is appropriate for anyone, of any religion, or no religion at all.
Mindfulness for Teens
4y ago
I wrote these lines on the night of May 29, 2020, as I was practicing awareness of the suffering of the world during these times. The basic practice of mindfulness is breathing. But what about when it’s difficult to breathe? What resources do we have to draw on? How can we hold the pain? How can we move towards healing the world, starting with ourselves?
You may wish to practice reciting and then sitting and breathing with this poem for a few minutes as a guided meditation.
Thank you to my friend Chris Willard for the graphic
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Mindfulness for Teens
5y ago
Teaching mindfulness to adolescents is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job as an adolescent medicine specialist. There were three “lightbulb moments,” or key experiences, that gave rise to my work in this area. The first was when I began to develop my own personal mindfulness practice, just before I started medical school. Mindfulness became a concrete practice and a way of living that helped me to survive and cope with the stress that is part of the human experience, as well as the emotional and physical demands of my medical training. The second experience was during my training as a ..read more